Thanks, that does seem like quite a short amount of time. I've seen what patent attorneys can do to the 2 page technical description that I've written (turn it

Thanks, that does seem like quite a short amount of time. I've seen what patent attorneys can do to the 2 page technical description that I've written (turn it into 100+ pages of legal nonsense), so I'm sympathetic. IMO it really seems like the USPTO is way understaffed and has been for quite a while then, since it would seem that the majority of the 5+ years is literally just sitting there waiting for someone to get to it.